Monthly Archives: November 2023

NOVEMBER 7, TUESDAY

HEAVEN AND HELL I am sitting at the white table on the white porch surrounded by pink bougainvillea with a jar of cookies, freshly baked by Efi, in front of me. Up the lane a man is making repairs to

NOVEMBER 7, TUESDAY

HEAVEN AND HELL I am sitting at the white table on the white porch surrounded by pink bougainvillea with a jar of cookies, freshly baked by Efi, in front of me. Up the lane a man is making repairs to

NOVEMBER 6, MONDAY

NEWS Even here in the peace and quiet of Naousa news of the world seeps in. When I first started taking students to India in 1973, you couldn’t fly to India from Charlotte or even Atlanta. You had to fly

NOVEMBER 6, MONDAY

NEWS Even here in the peace and quiet of Naousa news of the world seeps in. When I first started taking students to India in 1973, you couldn’t fly to India from Charlotte or even Atlanta. You had to fly

NOVEMBER 5, SUNDAY

CALM I am writing this on Tuesday the 7th after taking a couple of days off. I am sitting on a white balcony on a white chair with my iPad in front of me on a white table in the

NOVEMBER 5, SUNDAY

CALM I am writing this on Tuesday the 7th after taking a couple of days off. I am sitting on a white balcony on a white chair with my iPad in front of me on a white table in the

NOVEMBER 4, SATURDAY

GREEK CHURCH SERVICE I was ready for the 40 day celebration of Efi’s mother with my dark sweater on, on a windy day, to look dressed up when Efi called me down the stairs. She drove me and another woman

NOVEMBER 4, SATURDAY

GREEK CHURCH SERVICE I was ready for the 40 day celebration of Efi’s mother with my dark sweater on, on a windy day, to look dressed up when Efi called me down the stairs. She drove me and another woman

NOVEMBER 3, FRIDAY

PEACE I did nothing today except to sit up on the flat roof up a winding staircase with no railing from my room on the second floor. There are comfortable chairs and tables here under a sunshade. I did at

NOVEMBER 3, FRIDAY

PEACE I did nothing today except to sit up on the flat roof up a winding staircase with no railing from my room on the second floor. There are comfortable chairs and tables here under a sunshade. I did at

NOVEMBER 2, THURSDAY

NAOUSA VILLAGE I spent the first morning on my own in my room at my kitchen table and then at the round table on the little white balcony outside my room above the narrow street that Efi’s Rooms is on.

NOVEMBER 2, THURSDAY

NAOUSA VILLAGE I spent the first morning on my own in my room at my kitchen table and then at the round table on the little white balcony outside my room above the narrow street that Efi’s Rooms is on.

NOVEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY

GOODBYE Today we packed up, Tom and Caroline helped me take my things to Efi’s Rooms where I will stay for a month, we had lunch at a seaside cafe and then the ride arrived to take Caroline and Tom

NOVEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY

GOODBYE Today we packed up, Tom and Caroline helped me take my things to Efi’s Rooms where I will stay for a month, we had lunch at a seaside cafe and then the ride arrived to take Caroline and Tom

OCTOBER 31, TUESDAY

GOLDEN BEACH This was Tom and Caroline’s last full day in Naousa. We took it easy with a slow brunch at Regoussis. I had potato strips cooked in a nice sauce with chicken drippings on top and fresh orange juice.

OCTOBER 31, TUESDAY

GOLDEN BEACH This was Tom and Caroline’s last full day in Naousa. We took it easy with a slow brunch at Regoussis. I had potato strips cooked in a nice sauce with chicken drippings on top and fresh orange juice.